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尊み toutomi
Preciousness, as a substance.
What does toutomi mean?
Precious turned into a noun so it can have depth and volume. Comes in deep and overflowing.
Example
尊みが深すぎて言葉が出ない。
The preciousness is so deep I have no words.
Vibe
Who you can say this to, and how it lands.
Friends only Casual. Natural with friends, out of place at work or with strangers.
The story behind toutomi
Fandom does not just borrow words, it processes them. Toutoi was already a repurposed sacred adjective; toutomi takes that adjective and pours it into a container, so the feeling can be measured, poured out, and reported on like a river level.
That is why it almost always arrives with depth or overflow attached. Saying something is precious describes the thing. Saying your preciousness is overflowing describes you, and specifically describes you failing to contain it. The whole family of similar coinages appeared in the middle of the 2010s and most sound faintly absurd on purpose, because sincerity is easier to admit when it comes wrapped in a joke.
Get toutomi in your pocket
尊み is one of 308 words in YABAI, a Japanese culture snack for Android. Every word comes with its meaning, an example sentence, a vibe check and a story like the one above — in 13 languages, read aloud by your device. Paid app: no ads, no sign-up, no subscription.
